November-December

The holidays are almost here. Have a happy holiday season.

Windows Home Server

I bought an inexpensive Dell machine and installed the OEM version of Windows Home Server. At first I was having difficulty with the network as WHS did not recognize the on-board network adapter. So I installed a linksys gigabit network card. And it worked. So far the machine is running great. I added a 500gb Mybook external USB Drive. I was able to add the drive into the "storage pool" without problem. The OS even asked how I wanted to use the drive; to increase overall storage or use it to back up the server. I chose backing up the server.

So this configuration is working great. I use Logmein to get into the desktop remotely. Again, outstanding, no problems, and Logmein is FREE!! The only problem I see so far is there appears to be no anti-virus software that will run on it besides the server software for enterprise servers. Remember that the foundation of WHS is Windows Server 2003 & Small Business Server. I know for a fact that the Windows XP/Vista version of Norton AV won't work. I will check other AV Software companies. Until then, I don't use the browser on the server.

All for now,

Remember, USE AMERICAN COMPUTER TECHS!! Don't use those foreigners and H1B Visa types. Our economy needs us to BUY and USE AMERICAN!!

Peace,

Dave